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Screw around phrasal verb
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Meaning: Waste time
(Intransitive | American English)
» Example: He spent the afternoon SCREWING AROUD and got nothing done. -
Meaning: Be sexually promiscuous
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: He SCREWED AROUND a lot at university.
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Meaning: Waste time
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Screw over phrasal verb
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Meaning: Treat harshly or cheat
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: The IRS really SCREWED him OVER.
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Meaning: Treat harshly or cheat
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Screw up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Do badly or fail
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: David SCREWED UP his oral exam but still managed to scrape a pass.
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Meaning: Do badly or fail